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The #HongKong govt said it plans to amend the law so that those convicted of animal cruelty would be banned from owning pets, perhaps even for life.

news.rthk.hkGovt mulls ban on cruelty offenders from owning pets - RTHKThe government has proposed banning people convicted of animal cruelty from keeping pets – maybe even for life – as it plans to amend the Prevention o...

12:38 PM ∙ Apr 19, 2021

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• Two residential blocks were put under “ambush lockdowns” Monday evening. Residents who tested negative will be allowed to leave the premises after 7 this morning.

• 129 civil servants refused to sign the pledge of allegiance to the SAR, amongst 180,000 who did take the oath. Most of them are set to be dismissed from their jobs.

• Next Digital announced it is in negotiations to sell its Taiwan version of Apple Daily in a HKEX filing on Monday. The amount it will sell for is TBA. Read the MOU here.

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We are proud to be co-presenting with @REELCANADA the online screening of “My Salinger Year” in HK on #CanFilmDay RSVP & Details: bit.ly/3dlsilj @canfilmday #CdnFilm

5:02 AM ∙ Apr 16, 2021

On the eighth National Canadian Film Day, the Consulat General of Canada will be hosting a free screening of My Salinger Year:

Based on a true story, Joanna (Margaret Qualley), an aspiring writer, takes a job at a literary agency in New York that represents the notoriously reclusive writer J.D. Salinger, and is tasked with responding to his many fan letters. While it begins as a tedious desk job, she finds herself taken in by the letters and decides she wants to help the fans get their letters to their idol, going against the wishes of her strict manager (Sigourney Weaver).

— National Canada Film Day

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Launch

Street performers bring an invaluable vitality to cities, and it is important that our government provides welcoming policies for them to thrive. The launch of think-tank Civic Exchange’s report on street performance in HK provides insights and recommendations moving forward for building consistent guidelines around it.

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On Genocide Awareness Month, the HK Holocaust and Tolerance Centre is hosting this special discussion raising awareness on anti-semitism in Germany and Europe in the present day for the public to join for free.

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